The album's overarching themes and concept Picking up right where part 2 left off, Harrison, Jon, and guest Matt Latham, discuss. You can watch The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Comedy Central We roll for the PLAY DISC Request Lottery Some of the heartbreaking details behind the mundane violence in 'Star Witness' The Ukranian myth behind the title track 'Fox Confessor Brings the Flood' Pauline' and how it colors our reading of the rest of the songs The 'twist ending' at the end of 'Margaret Vs. The unlikely hints of hopefulness throughout the album How the album illustrate's Case's disillusionment with religion
The gulf of difference between Neko Case's solo work and her side project with The New Pornographers What 'alt country' means and how Neko Case embodies it Over the course of our hour-long discussion we cover. Special guest Dan McCoy (writer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and co-host of Maximum Fun's bad-movie podcast The Flop House) brings for discussion the 2006 alt-country album by singer-songwriter Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood. Here's a link to the Youtube video for the dice roll: 'Food,' the album's creepy stalker ballad The apolcalyptic politics of 'Army Ants' and 'Paradise' How the other meaning of 'Mary Sue' colored Harrison's perception of what the song 'Mary Sue' is about The cryptic poetry of Grace Rowland's lyrics Jon's many experiences seeing The Deer live in concert Jon's recent success in a songwriting competition It's our twentieth episode spectacular! One of our supporters (and Jon's partner), Vita Porobil, won the PLAY DISC Request Lottery last episode, and she requested An Argument for Observation, the debut album from Austin indie folk band The Deer (who published the album in 2013 under the band name Grace Park and the Deer).īecause it was a request from Jon's wife, the album is also very meaningful to him as well, so he leads the discussion about what's so special about this album to him and his marriage. It's always a treat when we get to interview the creative force behind an album that we've discussed on the show, and this was no exception! Grace Rowland (aka Grace Park), the singer and songwriter for The Deer, phoned in for an interview with Jon & Harrison! We discussed some of the misheard song lyrics, that Valentine's Day show in 2014, the songwriting process, working in independent studios, genre, and continued our ongoing corrections about pronunciation! Grace also added a pick of her own to the PLAY DISC Request Lottery! Here's the Youtube video of the dice roll: Yes, we do discuss 'Is She Really Going Out With Him?'Īnthrax's cover of 'Got the Time'įollow I F'ing Love This Record on Twitter: Graham Maby's phenominal bass playing throughout the record The fashion styles discussed (and mocked) in 'Baby Stick Around' How Joe Jackson REALLY knows his way around a chorus The meaning of 'Angular Guitars' in New Wave music The unfortunate 'r/niceguys' ethos of some of the lyrics on this album Preconceptions about 'New Wave' and '80s music' (and note that DECADES AREN'T GENRES)ĭerrek's experience working in his favorite record store in the 90s Special guest THE Derrek Carriveau (from the podcast I F'ing Love This Record joins us to discuss Joe Jackson's 1979 debut album Look Sharp! Over the course of an hour, we discuss: The spreadsheet Request Lottery picks and their associated numbers can be seen here: You can get your request on this list by donating to our Patreon account at the $5 level or above.Įmail us at work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.Support PLAY DISC Our key tracks and the PLAY DISC Request LotteryĬome join us for an hour of thoughtful and good-humored commentary, and we'll catch you on the B-side! How the evocative imagery directly from the Bible used in ''40'' upstages the rest of the album The guest musicians from Kid Creole's backing band on 'Red Light' and 'Surrender'īono's moral cosmology on 'Surrender' How Bono took a love song to his wife and turned it into a Soviet WWII ballad How The Edge's guitar is the not-so-secret weapon of the album How Larry Mullen Jr.'s drums are the 'secret weapon' of this album Steve Lillywhite's contributions as producer The Edge's guitar rig (notably his delay pedal), and how public perception of it has changed over the years Why Jon picked War (huh!) over other U2 albums, even ones he might like better Did it work? Listen to find out! We also discuss. We talk about the band's sense of urgency in their early recordings, Bono's strict antiwar and antiviolence stance, and what it meant in the rock world of the early 80s. Harrison requested that Jon try to sell him on U2, so Jon chose their third album, 1983's War (huh!) and set to work.
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